Primetime Ratings: Big Drop For Football on Fox
Fox grabbed the Thursday ratings title with football, as Ravens-Jets paced the net to a 2.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 13 share. In second was CBS at 0.7/3.
The Thursday Night Football contest took up all of prime. The game lost 32% from last week’s Cowboys versus Bears encounter.
CBS had Young Sheldon at 1.0 and The Unicorn at 0.7, both down a tenth. Mom slid 13% to 0.7 and Carol’s Second Act was a flat 0.6, before Evil posted a level 0.5
NBC did a 0.6/3 and ABC a 0.5/3.
NBC had Ellen’s Greatest Night of Giveaways at a flat 1.0. Superstore lost 14% for a 0.6 and Perfect Harmony scored a flat 0.4, before special A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy posted a 0.3.
Univision scored a 0.4/2. Ringo, La Rosa de Guadalupe and El Dragon all did a 0.4. Ringo and La Rosa lost a tenth while El Dragon stayed flat.
The CW posted a 0.3/1, with Supernatural and Legacies both at a flat 0.3.
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Telemundo too did a 0.3/1. El Sultan and Decisiones: Unos Ganan, Otros Pierden both averaged a 0.2. El Sultan lost a tenth and Decisiones stayed flat, before El Senor de los Cielos dropped 20% to 0.4.
Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.